Americanized spelling of a Swiss and southern German family name
Hantsche, Hansche, or Hentsche, a metonymic
occupational name for a glovemaker, from any of the variants
Hansche, Hantsche, Hentsche, contracted forms of
Handschuh ‘glove’, due to the loss of stress in the second
syllable See Handschuh. SFN This name is found predominantly
in LA and NC.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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